1 (770) 807-7223Slingshot Product Development Group works with both domestic and international clients of varying sizes and industries. Some of our most notable happenings are listed below. If your company has worked with us and would like to be featured, or if you would like to recommend additional topics for us to include here, please email technology@slingshotpdg.com.
ATLANTA, GA - April 30, 2010 – Slingshot Product Development Group, a global innovation and product development firm, and NP Learning, an experienced consulting and training company announce their upcoming Innovation Best Practices and New Product Development Professional (NPDP) Certification training workshop in Gwinnett... More
ATLANTA, GA - February 8, 2010 – Slingshot Product Development Group, a global innovation and product development firm, names Scott A. Lutz, 44 as Senior Product Development Lead and Rob Szurgot, 40, as Medical Device Project Manager. These new positions are part of the growth trajectory Slingshot PDG has set for 2010... More
ATLANTA, GA - January 15, 2010 - Slingshot Product Development Group, is pleased to welcome Kim Ozment as Corporate Account Manager. In her new role, Kim will cultivate new and existing corporate relationships to enhance client experiences through the product innovation process. Ms. Ozment brings a professional background of international sales, business strategy consulting, and stakeholder relations to the Slingshot business development team... More
ATLANTA, GA - December 29, 2009 - Slingshot Product Development Group, a global innovation and product development firm, announced today several changes to its executive team. Leading Founder, Sam Zaidspiner, has resigned from his role as CEO and President. Replacing Mr. Zaidspiner as CEO is Stephen J. Walden. Slingshot Co-Founder, Noah McNeely assumes the role of President... More
LAWRENCEVILLE, GA - December 29, 2009 – Slingshot Product Development Group, a global innovation and product development firm, announced today that they will renew their lease with Highwoods Properties and expand into an additional 5,613 square feet of industrial space. Renovations to their current corporate headquarters located in Highwoods’ Corporate Lakes Distribution Center in Lawrenceville will accompany their expansion, bringing their total square footage to close to 17,000. Slingshot PDG plans to unveil its new look during their Open House tentatively scheduled for early Spring... More
ATLANTA, GA - November, 2009 – A Georgia Native, David brings over 15 years of experience in design and sales consulting. In his new role as Manager of New Product Development Programs, David will lead business development efforts for ideation and new product programs for clients... More
ATLANTA, GA - August 17, 2009 – Slingshot Product Development Group will host a four-person delegation from Russia led by Ainur Aideldinov, Director of the Investment and Venture Fund of the Republic of Tatarstan on August 21, 2009. Slingshot PDG is partnering with the Fund and EcoInvest LLC to expand the North American and global business of Celoform, Inc, a wound care technology company... More
LAWRENCEVILLE - The Slingshot Product Development Group knows all about innovation because designing new products for the marketplace is what the company does. Whether it be a consumer product, a medical device or a military one, lead design engineer Joseph Pruitt has worked with them all at the various stages of a product's initial life cycle... More
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Slingshot Product Development Group is pleased to announce the recent publication of Handbook of Research on Computational Arts and Creative Informatics co-authored by Lead Design Engineer, Joseph Pruitt. The handbook is an educational guide on integrating information architectural with user-interface design to further technology innovation... More
Slingshot Product Development Group of Lawrenceville, GA as one of our sponsors and to hear President/CEO Sam Zaidspiner in the video above describe his mission and process. Founded in 2001, Slingshot PDG aims to help its clients grow revenues and profits through innovation, and its list of successes in that respect is quite lengthy... More
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LAWRENCEVILLE - Slingshot Product Development, a design firm that specializes in designing medical devices and consumer products, has named Jackie Hutter as a guest contributor to the company's recently launched innovation blog... More
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Slingshot Product Development is pleased to announce Intellectual Property Strategist, Jackie Hutter MS, JD, as a guest contributor to their recently launched innovation blog. www.slingshotpdg.com/blog. Ms. Hutter was recently named one of the Top 250 Global IP Strategists by Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) magazine. Beginning in June 2009, Jackie will add her expertise as a world class IP strategist to Slingshot PDG’s blog providing insight to maximize asset value as it relates to patents and intellectual property... More
The gadgetheads have spoken: They’re pushing a cordless yard tool sprung from the minds of two local companies. Uncrate.com, a popular online magazine that touts the coolest in gadgets, clothes, home decor and the like, recently gave an endorsement to Craftsman Cordless Convertible Tools. Two Gwinnett County outfits, Slingshot Product Development Group and Original Power, did the brainwork behind a system of four yard tools that can be powered by the same rechargeable battery... More
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ATLANTA, GA - April 17, 2009 – Industrial engineers and designers at Slingshot Product Development Group are boasting about their innovation for Craftsman Cordless Convertible Tool making the "cool tools for guys" on the Uncrate.com website. The idea behind the product allows for one lightweight, high capacity NiCad battery handle dock to provide hours of power to four Craftsman yard tools; a weed eater, hedge trimmer, sweeper, and pole saw... More
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The Craftsman "Garage of Knowledge" provides videos & knowledge, information about featured products, hand & power tools, and yard equipment, and even club and NASCAR information. The "Featured Products" section of the garage showcases leading Craftsman Innovations. The 18-Volt Cordless Convertible Lawn Tools, designed and developed by Slingshot Product Development Group, earned a spot in the Feature Products section of the garage for their versatility and efficiency... More
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Slingshot Product Development Group has been recently featured in a book by Richard Hooker, a Los Angeles marketing and advertising agency head, and Steve Monas, a San Diego-based "serial entrepreneur". Shoestring Venture: The Startup Bible is the most exhaustive set of practical resources collected to empower entrepreneurs to make the right decisions on a limited budget, from business concept to product development to Web marketing. Slingshot Product Development Group has been featured in Chapter 4:Bring Your Product to Market, where the authors speak specifically about Slingshot's Prototyping and Beta Analysis capabilities... More
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Bringing a product to market is challenging for everyone. You have to think about engineering, production, marketing and many other factors. Whether you have a simple product or a complicated medical or tech product, there are companies that can help you get the ball rolling... More
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Product designers often tend to think in terms of “sexy products” or “WOW factor,” especially in the realm of consumer products. What will cause this product to fly off the shelves? What will make it the must-have accessory for next year? What can I do with this product to
draw industry acclaim? Medical products, however, usually aren’t sold on retail shelves, they aren’t thought of in terms of desirability and they don’t compel throngs of people to gather at malls the day after Thanksgiving. So, what does being “sexy” mean in the realm of medical product design?... More
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At least since the first rotation of the wheel, innovators have been seeking ways to meet needs and solve problems. That has produced an endless stream of original ideas that have created new markets and even empires. Some build a better mousetrap or produce inventions that revolutionize the way we live such as the car or telephone. Each seems to start with a problem and an idea... More
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Thanks to the unique handset design of its newest amplified telephone, the sound of phone conversations are a little sweeter for customers of Clarity, the nation's leading supplier of amplified telephones. The Clarity C4230 phone features a unique ergonomic design with a scooper-shaped sound chamber ear piece - resembling an ice cream scooper - which serves to make telephone conversations louder, clearer and more comfortable for the millions of people who experience hearing or mobility challenges... More
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Plantronics®, for many years a leader in sound technology, has been devoting a good part of its research to enhancing sound for hearing impaired persons through its Clarity® division. The latest Clarity device to hit the market is its C4230T telephone/answering machine that looks strictly space-age, but has all the bells, booms, and lights you need if your hearing is mildly to severely impaired right here on earth... More
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Thanks to the unique handset design of its newest amplified telephone, the sound of phone conversations are a little sweeter for customers of Clarity®, the nation's leading supplier of amplified telephones... More
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It's the first week of fall so this Try-It-Out Tuesday Is all about getting your closet ready for the season. We put the Tide Smart Dry Sweater and Pant Hanger and the Scented Hanger Pendents to work. What's neat about the new hangers is they promise to keep your clothes crease free... More
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Slingshot Product Development Group's Material Scientist, Nigel Flynn, recently presented in a "Creativity & Innovation" session for the Southeast Association of Facilitators (SEAF) Annual Conference... More
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Noah McNeely and Nigel Flynn with Slingshot Product Development presented "Brainstorming: Developing the Right Product by Solving the Right Problem" at the August Small Business U... More
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The Early Show of the CBS News Channel recently featured a special on products that can help prevent dorm room distasters for college students. One of the featured products was the Tide Laundry Duffle designed and developed by Slingshot Product Development Group... More
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